After decades of despair, mentally disabled man finds happiness in East Dallas The most extensive attempt to dig into Bob's life came from Lisa Johnson and Sebastian and Heather Lee, who collaborated on the 2010 documentary. The filmmakers journeyed to his home state of New Hampshire and talked to a score of people who knew him, including family members. When Bob Crawford was 8, his mother dropped him off at the New Hampshire School for the Feeble Minded. She never visited and stipulated that no other relative could do so. He told filmmakers that he was abused at the institution but refused to discuss details.

Display Battle: Which Phones and Tablets Dominate in the Sun?Dr. Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies in Amherst, NH, has made it his mission to suss out the best smartphone, tablet, HDTV, and multimedia displays from the worst with his Display Technology Shoot-Out series. Here, he tackles the best mobile screens under light. And the results may surprise you.

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Author revisits Valley ForgeThat winter, General Putnam led more than 3,000 troops of the Continental Army into three separate valleys of north Redding, where they built temporary huts for protection against the elements and lived for six months—from Nov. 7, 1778 to May 25, 1779—before engaging the British that spring.

GOP women want to elect more of their own through a conservative counterweight to EMILY's ListSome of the Republican Party's most prominent figures—including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire—are women, but their presence belies some dismal statistics. Only 24 Republican women serve in the House and five in the Senate, compared with the Democrats' 51 female House members and 12 senators. The GOP fares better in the statehouse: Four of the six female governors are Republicans.

NYT: Many states behind the curve on starting insurance exchangesIn New Hampshire, Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat, was eager to set up an exchange. But state legislators blocked the idea and forced the insurance commissioner to return $666,000 provided by the federal government for a state-run exchange. “If the federal government sets up an exchange here in New Hampshire, we will not be complicit,” said state Rep. Neal M. Kurk, a Republican.

Intrade, where you bet on the political marketThe 10,000-odd Intraders - mostly male and many of them poker players - place their bets on hundreds of real-world events framed as yes or no propositions. Their cumulative bets are reflected in the share price. When the outcome of a particular event is known, Intrade closes out the market. If they guess right, investors get $10 per share. If they don't, zero.

Ayn Rand: The Tea Party's Miscast MatriarchYou can understand why I am skeptical that the Ayn Rand craze is a naturally occurring phenomenon. But then, I have the benefit of recently living for five years in New Hampshire with the Objectivists of the Free State Project, a group whose stated goal is to infuse 20,000 hyperactive political operatives into the state and take over government, gut public education and all regulations on business. This outfit seemed grassroots too – until I traced the funding of their founder, Jason Sorens, to Koch foundation largesse.

The Tao of StiebIn 2009 and 2010, injuries conspired to keep him off the major league roster, while last season, a combination of injuries and a full roster pushed him off the 25-man squad and down to Las Vegas, New Hampshire and Lansing. This year, the pile-up of pitchers might even be worse, so Litsch will be hard-pressed to wedge his way into an airplane seat headed north come the end of March

How Title IX Hurts Female AthletesDr. David Finkelhor, Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire believes that the physical nature of sports can make them sexually charged. "There's tremendous intimacy in coaching situations, between men and girls," he says. "Young people are sexually attractive, and they don't turn that off in their interactions with adults."